Ep. 123 - THE GREAT GALLAHER

What opera is like a railway line?

The Invincibles

Topics in this episode include MacHugh's love of Greek, kyrie eleison, Lenehan's riddle and limerick, the legendary Ignatius Gallaher, the real-life Gallaher, the Phoenix Park murders and the Invincibles, what Crawford gets wrong about the Invincibles, Gumley and Skin-the-Goat, Gallaher's great scoop in the New York World, the Bransome's coffee map, the nightmare of history, and James Joyce's views on political violence.

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Further Reading:

1. Adams, R. M. (1962). Surface and Symbol: The Consistency of James Joyce’s Ulysses. New York: Oxford University Press.

2. Beck, H. The coffee riddle. James Joyce Online Notes. Retrieved from https://www.jjon.org/joyce-s-environs/bransome-s 

3. Budgen, F. (1972). James Joyce and the making of Ulysses, and other writings. London: Oxford University Press. Retrieved from https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AMF2PZFZHI2WND8U 

4. Dwyer, F. (2016, Nov 23). The 1882 Phoenix Park Murders Part 1 - A fatal day in Dublin. The Irish History Podcast. Retrieved from https://irishhistorypodcast.ie/podcast-the-phoenix-park-murders-part-i-a-fatal-day-in-dublin/ 

5. Dwyer, F. (2016, Dec 1). The Phoenix Park Murders Part II - The Manhunt. The Irish History Podcast. Retrieved from https://irishhistorypodcast.ie/podcast-the-phoenix-park-murders-ii-the-manhunt/ 

6. Ellmann, R. (1959). James Joyce. Oxford University Press.

7. Ellmann, R. (1972). Ulysses on the Liffey. Oxford University Press. 

8. Feeney, W. J. (1964). Ulysses and the Phoenix Park Murder. James Joyce Quarterly, 1(4), 56–58. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25486461 

9. Fortescue, A. (1910). Kyrie Eleison. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08714a.htm 

10. Gifford, D., & Seidman, R. J. (1988). Ulysses annotated: Notes for James Joyce's Ulysses. Berkeley: University of California Press. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/vy6j4tk 

11. ​​Gunn, D. P. (1996). Beware of Imitations: Advertisement as Reflexive Commentary in Ulysses. Twentieth Century Literature, 42(4), 481–493. https://doi.org/10.2307/441878 

12. Igoe, V. (2016). The real people of Joyce’s Ulysses: A biographical guide. University College Dublin Press.

13. Ito, E. (2000). The Phoenix Park Murders & Stephen's Parable of the Plums: An Analysis of "Aeolus". Journal of Policy Studies, 2(3), 257-270. Retrieved from  http://p-www.iwate-pu.ac.jp/~acro-ito/Joycean_Essays/U07_phoenixparkmurders.html 

14. Mikics, D. (1990). History and the Rhetoric of the Artist in “Aeolus.” James Joyce Quarterly, 27(3), 533–558. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25485060 

15. Molony, S. (2006). The Phoenix Park murders: Conspiracy, betrayal and retribution. Mercier Press.

16. Molony, S. (2022). Helen of Joyce: Trojan horses in Ulysses. Printwell Books. 

17. Mulhall, D. (2022, Jan 12). Invincible Joyce: The Phoenix Park murders in Ulysses. The Irish Times. Retrieved from https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/invincible-joyce-the-phoenix-park-murders-in-ulysses-1.4770046 

18. Simpson, J. Ignatius per ignotius: The short life and extraordinary times of Frederick Gallaher 1: Making his way. James Joyce Online Notes. Retrieved from https://www.jjon.org/jioyce-s-people/gallaher/gallaher1 

19. Simpson, J. Ignatius per ignotius: The short life and extraordinary times of Frederick Gallaher 2: Fred’s brilliant career with Sport and the Invincibles. James Joyce Online Notes. Retrieved from https://www.jjon.org/jioyce-s-people/gallaher/gallaher1